Possible Spoilers! A Hong Kong Horror War film from 1995 from the director of 'Men Behind the Sun' and tonight's movie is 'Men behind the Sun 4' aka 'Black Sun: Nanking Massacre'In 1937, Japanese troops raid the Chinese city of Nanking to execute a planned massacre by subjecting over 300,000 helpless civilians to various tortures and atrocities before slaughtering them all.This film is actually based on the war crime The Rape of Nanking. Now for those of you who do not know The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanking during the second world war over 300,000 Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants were murdered by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. The most notorious atrocity was a killing contest between two Japanese officers. The contest— a race between the two officers to see which of them could kill 100 people first using only a sword, this contest was covered much like a sporting event in newspapers with regular updates on the score over a series of days.Much like the first 'Men behind the sun' film this one isn't fully true but its still an interesting film but its still just pure exploitation, I don't want to say fun so I'll say nastiness. If you like the first film for how violent, upsetting and interesting it was this one is about the same accept this isn't medical experiments its war crimes which one could argue is worse. The acting is pretty decent along with the writing. The camera work and lighting are really good. But the show stealer here is the gore, its over the top and times and just right at others, the film doesn't get boring like the first sequel to MBTS. The film is graphic, upsetting, kinda cheesy, but all and all its just classic exploitation. And its not for everyone you shouldn't expect the best cinematic representation of War atrocities from a series of exploitation films. Some times the film even replaces the gorier scenes with historical photos of these things happening like pictures of dead innocent children who where massacred.On the gore meter from one to ten One being something like 'The Corpse Grinders' and Ten being something like 'Braindead'. 'Black Sun' is a 6 It isn't super gory but with the medium amount of gore and the fact that this film is based on actual war crimes brings it up a notch. Also there is a good amount of baby death in this one too!'Black sun' while an interesting film still isn't as good as MBTS but its a step in the right direction for the films subject matter. One film I think honestly is only worth one watch its interesting but not amazing disturbing or violent to warrent many viewings and honestly for this film its a good thing. 4/5

Based on true events..In December 1937 the Japanese army defeated the Chinese and entered the city of Nanking. The horrific events that took place over a period of some weeks became known as the "Rape of Nanking". Directed by T.F Mou (Men behind the sun) this really is a high quality film. It has brilliant photography and an epic feel but it's not over long. It's very well directed and if you are familiar with the tragic events of the film you will notice how well researched and accurate it is. The film superbly mixes together real footage from the time and it gives you an almost documentary feel as you witness the terrible horrors of the massacre. Don't expect blazing gun battles and cheesy happy outcomes, this is a long way from a Hollywood blockbuster but it's far superior. "Black Sun" is quite often classed in the horror film genre and obviously this film won't be for everyone as it's very graphic and gory but I still strongly recommend this outstanding film

This film is truly shocking, not in the sense in that its a bad movie but in the sense that the events that took place during the war were truly disturbing. The film also includes true footage taken including old black and white photographs which in part are more disturbing than the film its self.More shocking is the fact that at the end of the movie they tell you the grand total of number of people that were killed during the invasion of Nan king and that the film footage is not as bad as what really went on during the war.Overall i wouldn't say that this movie is all that great, but its worth checking out if you enjoyed men behind the sun or other exploitation movies or if you are just interested in the history of the Japanese invasion of China.

THE NANKING MASSACRE is another solid piece of work from T.F. Mou regarding the atrocities that the Japanese brought upon the Chinese in WWII. Personally, I felt that this installment lacked the punch of MEN BEHIND THE SUN, but was still very effective in trying to relate the horrors of war and oppression. There are a few "gore" scenes, but to be quite honest, they almost come off a little comically (or i'm just sick...). I found the "forced abortion" and the "baby in the rice steamer" scenes to be pretty hilarious, though I'm sure they weren't meant to be - the FX just looked silly and not horrifying. That's not to make light of the film itself or of what actually happened in China at that time period. All-in-all I found the film to be very moving, and should really be looked at as a history lesson more than as a horror film. I know that "extreme" horror fans will seek this and MEN BEHIND THE SUN out for their notorious reputations as "shocking" and "horrific" gore films, but I think that those who are just looking for blood-and-guts will be severely disappointed. As I stated before, these are neither horror nor gore films, but a fictionalized recreation of events. Either way, I feel that they are both good films, although I prefer MEN BEHIND THE SUN over THE NANKING MASSACRE. Definitely not for everyone due to some graphic material, but highly recommended 7 1/2 out of 10